Katie Price avoids court over unpaid £7,300 fine

metro.co.uk:

Katie Price has avoided having to appear in court today after a £7,300 fine she owed was paid.The former glamour model – who is serving a suspended sentence – was expected to stand before magistrates over non-payment of a three-year-old fine.Price had been listed to appear at Crawley Magistrates’ Court on Monday over non-payment of a £7,358 fine dating back to January 2019.However, court staff confirmed this morning that the three-year-old fine had been paid and Price was no longer expected in court.It comes as the 43-year-old star faces the possibility of jail time after being arrested on suspicion of breaching a restraining order.Police were called to Price’s Sussex home on Friday amid reports that she had sent an abusive message to her ex-husband Kieran Hayler and his fiancee, Michelle Penticost.Sussex Police told Metro.co.uk: ‘At 5.45pm on Friday (January 21) police responded to a report that a suspect had breached their restraining order.‘Officers arrested a woman in her 40s who has been released under investigation while enquiries continue.’In December, she was handed a 16-week suspended sentence for drink-driving while she was disqualified and did not have insurance, as well as a two-year driving ban following a crash near her home.After being confronted by police at the scene of the collision, Price was heard saying ‘I took drugs, I should not be driving, I admit it all’, a court was told.Price said she was ‘sincerely grateful nobody was hurt’ and that she was ‘incredibly sorry’ for her actions.Katie Price 'arrested for breaching restraining order by messaging Kieran Hayler fiancée'Katie Price's fiancé Carl Woods blasts 'fake news' amid rumours engagement is on the rocksKatie Price's Mucky Mansion ‘loses.